TY - JOUR AU - Nacher, Mathieu AU - Ayhan, Gulen AU - Arnal, Romain AU - Basurko, Célia AU - Huber, Florence AU - Pastre, Agathe AU - Jehel, Louis AU - Falissard, Bruno AU - About, Vincent PY - 2018 DA - 2018/05/29 TI - High prevalence rates for multiple psychiatric conditions among inmates at French Guiana’s correctional facility: diagnostic and demographic factors associated with violent offending and previous incarceration JO - BMC Psychiatry SP - 159 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - French Guiana has the highest incarceration rate among French territories, it is higher than that of Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela. It is well known that mental health problems are over-represented in correctional facilities. Our objectives were to describe the prevalence of various psychiatric conditions and to study factors associated with violence and repeated offenses among arriving detainees at the sole correctional facility of French Guiana. SN - 1471-244X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1742-7 DO - 10.1186/s12888-018-1742-7 ID - Nacher2018 ER -